Definitions for DEREK
derek

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1. Dereknoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

   "Do you think so? Her husband has an odd name - Derek Keppel. He is a musician - a violinist."

2. Etymology: Borrowed in the Middle Ages from a Middle Low German variant of Theodoric, and revived in the nineteenth century.[1]

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1. Derek

   Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of Diederik, the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk.

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1. derek

   Song lyrics by derek -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by derek on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEREK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Derek is ranked #85659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Derek surname appeared 218 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Derek.
   
   81.6% or 178 total occurrences were White.
   6.8% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   5% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'DEREK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2364

How to pronounce DEREK?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DEREK in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEREK in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEREK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of DEREK in a Sentence

1. Terrence Floyd:

   On May 25, 2020, my brother was murdered, everyone knows, by Derek Chauvin., the facts of this case were proven beyond a reasonable doubt and three guilty verdicts have been rendered.

2. Benjamin Thomas:

   If anything, Aaron was managing Derek in this enterprise, derek was managing nobody.

3. Penelope Cruz:

   I don't really know what happened yet because I got off the plane, I run here, I got dressed and I was here doing the catwalk with Derek and Hansel and Mugatu so I felt like I was hallucinating.

4. Steve Lydon:

   Recognizing that the murder of George Floyd was likely to create particularly acute racialized trauma, I felt I had an immediate duty to protect and support employees who may have been traumatized and may have heightened ongoing trauma by having to deal with Derek Chauvins, out of care and concern, and without the comfort of time, I made the decision to limit exposure to employees of color to a murder suspect who could potentially aggravate those feelings.

5. Barry Brodd:

   I felt that Derek Chauvins was justified and was acting with objective reasonableness, following Minneapolis Police policy and current standards of law enforcement in Derek Chauvins interactions with Mr. George Floyd.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Derek
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html